Relief and Aid Organisations

A team of Australian researchers hopes to significantly reduce the death toll from pneumonia in developing countries by inventing an oxygen machine that keeps running during power outages, with the backing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Australian climber Vee Jin Dumlao describes the harrowing journey down Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, after an earthquake left her and more than 100 other climbers stranded atop its peak for nine hours without rescue.

Exactly one month ago Nepal was struck by the first of two major earthquakes leaving more than 8,000 people dead and 17,000 injured. Much of the tiny Himalayan nation crumbles with millions left without food, water, and medical supplies. Andrew MaCleod, former Chief of Operation with the United Nations who helped to co-ordinate the response after the devastating Pakistan earthquake in 2013, spoke with News Breakfast about the road ahead.

A hiker is trekking to remote villages in Nepal and reporting his findings back to aid agencies, as poor weather continues to prevent emergency workers from reaching remote places two weeks after an earthquake struck.